Tips, tricks and advice for your garden

Sweet Peas are beautiful and fragrant, but they last only a season. By collecting their plentiful seeds you will be able to keep enjoying them every year. In August Sweet Peas produce their seeds within pods, these pods start off Read more…

Whilst watering your garden plants are not a good idea in a hot summer as it can encourage shallow root growth, deeper roots will give them a much better chance of surviving. The one exception is for your pot plants, Read more…

The bleeding heart plant can grow large after several years so splitting it is natural way to keep it’s size in check and to increase the number of plants you have, or to even share them with your friends. You Read more…

A garden hedgerow no longer has to be the neatly trimmed, uniform hedge that runs along the border of your garden. By carefully selecting differing hedges, mixing them up with some trees you can get a great looking hedgerow that Read more…

The advantage of planting seeds early is that it gives them a chance to flower in the first year after sowing, a perfect way to add colour to your borders in the summer. Sow the seeds indoors in January or Read more…

Hardwood cuttings are a simple and reliable way of producing new plants from deciduous climbers, trees and shrubs. Hardwood cuttings take their name from taking a cutting from the more mature stems that are fully dormant and not showing any Read more…

Herbs are fantastic plants that both look great and really taste good. Many are easy to grow and can be kept indoors or outdoors. Here is a selection of our favourites that are easy to grow. Basil A herb favoured Read more…

September is the perfect time to start making your sloe gin so it’s ready for Christmas (if you make it last that long!), so why not grow your own blackthorn (or sloe bush) to help maintain your sloe berry harvest. Read more…

When your first see a rabbit in your garden you will often think of the soft, fluffy bunny from your childhood memories, but for any keen gardener this will soon turn to desperation as you realise the destruction is down Read more…

When the the heat hits the UK it is unusual to say the least, we hardly ever don’t have rain in the summer! What happens to our lawns in this kind of weather – brown and unsightly, bald patches, but Read more…